An evocative historical novel that explores the rising influence of Dickens’s work in mid-19th-century London through the journey of a young woman’s struggle against poverty and injustice.In the winter of 1836, a young journalist named Charles Dickens held an infant in his arms. Only eight months of age, Ruby Spriggs was living under the most deplorable conditions that existed in London. Crushing poverty seemed her only future.Through the intervention of kind patrons, the child blossoms into a young woman instilled with a love of learning and books. But the forces that Dickens fought against for most of his life threaten to destroy her.At the heart of The Baker’s Tale is Ruby Spriggs; Edwin Chatfield, the young man who would be her lover; Alexander Murd, the scheming coal baron who would destroy them; Abraham Hart, a dwarf who befriends Ruby in a faraway land; and Octavius Joy, a 19th-century philanthropist cut from unique cloth. Meticulously researched and masterfully told, The Baker’s Tale recreates the voice of beloved author Charles Dickens in gorgeous prose brimming with the atmosphere of historical London. It's a gripping tale of obsession, corruption, hope, and love instilled with the unequaled passion of Dickens’s social conscience.

Product Description: Muhammad Ali: A Tribute to the Greatest allows us to more fully appreciate the truth -- and understand both the man and the ways in which he helped recalibrate how the world perceives its transcendent figures. In this celebratory volume, Thomas Hauser provides a compelling retrospective of Ali's life...read more

Product Description: Booklist called Straight Writes and Jabs, last year’s collection of boxing articles by Thomas Hauser, “wonderful writing from a world-class journalist.” This year’s collection, Thomas Hauser on Boxing, is the latest in the popular annuals bringing together all Hauser’s writing from the previous year...read more

Product Description: BOX is the most extraordinary collection of boxing portraits ever assembled. More than 300 black-and-white portraits pay homage to 100 of the greatest living legends of boxing. From trainers, managers, and cutmen to superstars such as Evander Holyfield, Bernard Hopkins, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Oscar De La Hoya, Joe Frazier, Jake LaMotta, Lennox Lewis, Don King, Manny Pacquiao, and the Klitschko brothers, BOX is a stunning visual tribute to one of the world's most revered sports...read more

An unexpurgated biography of an American legend draws on the words of more than two hundred of the great boxer's associates, opponents, friends, enemies, and Ali himself

An account of the late Playboy model and celebrity's dramatic life describes the abuse, brutality, and heartbreak that marked her childhood; her relationships with numerous famous men, from Jimmy Durante and Johnny Carson to Frank Sinatra and Hugh Hefner; and her decision to withhold the release of her life story until after her death.

Product Description: Hauser, the most respected boxing writer in America today, has compiled an anthology of his essays about professional boxing covering the year 2005. Featured themes include an in-depth portrait of Oscar De La Hoya, and personal reflections on luminaries like Mike Tyson, Bernard Hopkins and Don King...read more

The author of Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times argues that a recent corporate makeover of the champ's legacy has distorted the fighter's radical impact on sports, culture, and politics, and suggests that historians promote Ali's fight to promote justice and equality around the world.